Handle attachment



Sept. 1, 1942. H.H|BBARD HANDLE ATTACHMENT Filed May 14, 1941 INVENTORHELEN M55420 WWW ATTOIZN EY Patented Sept. 1, 1942 UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE HANDLE ATTACHMENT Helen Hibbard, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application May 14, 1941, Serial No. 393,496

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in handle attachments, and moreparticularly to a novel combination silencer and hanger attachment.

An object of the invention is to provide a device of the type which whenattached to the handle of a broom or the like will help to retain it inan upright position after it has been leaned or set against a verticalsurface.

Another object of the invention is to combine the foregoing with anintegral hanger element whereby the broom or other similarly handledhousehold implement may be hung from a nail or other means provided forthe purpose.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the type whichmay be molded in one operation.

Other and further objects of the invention will appear as thedescription proceeds, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,in which:

Fig. 1 is a side view in elevation of a broom provided with a handleattachment embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is a side view partly in elevation and partly in section of thesame.

Fig. 3 is another side view thereof.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the device.

Fig. 5 is a side view partly in elevation and partly in section of amodified form of the device.

Fig. 6 is a similar view of another modified form of the invention.

Fig. '7 is a cross-sectional view of another modification of theinvention shown attached to a handle member.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, the numeral It] refers tothe device generally, affixed as shown in Fig. 1 to the top end of theimplement handle II, and having an integrally molded eye member I2surmounting the same. The attachment [0 has an enlarged portion [3 atthe top thereof, the largest circumference thereof being provided withcorrugations l4.

Interiorly of the member Ill, annularly disposed corrugations [5 areadapted to grip the handle member H, to resist displacement of thedevice. In the preferred form, a resilient material has been found bestfor the integral molding of the device, and also for the uses to whichit is put.

A modification of the invention is shown in Fig. 5, in which a baseportion 20, has moulded therein, the metallic eye member 2 I Anothermodification is shown in Fig. 6, in which a rubber inverted cup element30, has moulded in the closed end and extending outwardly thereof, therivet 3|, which latter is apertured at 32 adjacent its end, toaccommodate the ring 33.

A simple form of the invention is shown in Fig. 7, comprising a circularmember 40, formed of resilient material, and having the enlargedcircumference at 4| thereof.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is:

l. A device of the character described comprising an elongatedcup-shaped member of resilient material adapted for attachment to theend of a broom handle or the like, having corrugations annularlydisposed about its largest circumference and corrugations within the cupfor resisting displacement of the cup-shaped member on said handle, theexternal corrugations being disposed at right angles to the internalcorrugations.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an elongatedcup-shaped solid-walled member formed of resilient material, an integraleye formation disposed exteriorly of the closed end thereof, an enlargedannular portion about the vertical axis thereof at the base of said eyeformation, corrugations externally disposed and spaced in said enlargedportion about said vertical axis, the said member having spaced internalcorrugations encircling said vertical axis.

HELEN HIBBARD.

